Jane the Virgin Cast Rallies Behind Justin Baldoni After Blake Lively Settlement

When the dust settles on a public legal battle, what really matters often comes down to who stands by you when the noise fades. That’s exactly what played out this week when Justin Baldoni and his wife Emily broke two years of silence with an emotional statement about their journey through a prolonged legal dispute with Blake Lively.

The two actors had worked together on the film It Ends With Us, but their professional relationship deteriorated into a lawsuit when Lively sued Justin in December 2024, accusing her costar and director of sexual harassment and orchestrating an alleged smear campaign against her. Justin vehemently denied the allegations and countersued. His lawsuit was dismissed by a judge in June 2025, and the two ultimately reached a settlement out of court in May. Now, Lively is requesting millions from Justin to cover her attorneys’fees and litigation costs.

But here’s where the story shifts from legal drama to something more human: the cast of Jane the Virgin showed up. On Wednesday, July 8, when Justin and Emily posted their statement on Instagram, former costar Gina Rodriguez—who’s worked alongside Justin for years on the beloved series—left a comment that simply read:“♥️ love you friends. Por vida.”Brett Dier, another Jane the Virgin alum, echoed the sentiment with his own expression of love and support. These weren’t hollow gestures from acquaintances—they were meaningful endorsements from people who’ve shared creative space with Justin over time.

In their video statement, Justin opened up about why the couple had chosen to stay quiet for nearly two years.“We have not spoken publicly for the better part of the last two years and it’s not because we haven’t had anything to say,”he explained.“Lord knows we have, but it just felt like every time we went to make a video like this where we wanted to speak, something was telling us not to.”He acknowledged the“painful things”that were“spoken into existence”as a result of the legal battle, and described their decision to let the justice system run its course rather than add to the noise.

What emerged from their statement wasn’t a victory lap or an attempt to relitigate the past. Instead, Justin and Emily spoke candidly about healing.“We are healing, and if you’ve ever been through something traumatic, you know that healing isn’t linear,”Justin said. He credited faith, family, friends, and community for sustaining them through the ordeal—and pointedly thanked those who had been their voice when they couldn’t speak publicly.“One thing that we learned is that when God presses the reset button and everything else is stripped away, that’s when love shows up,”he reflected.

The support from his Jane the Virgin family demonstrates something that gets lost in the headlines of lawsuits and settlements: the people we work with, create with, and build genuine connections to often become our anchors in difficult moments. Gina Rodriguez’s“por vida”—for life—wasn’t just a comment. It was a statement that some bonds transcend the drama.